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HUNTER'S CANAL

\hˈʌntəz kənˈal], \hˈʌntəz kənˈal], \h_ˈʌ_n_t_ə_z k_ə_n_ˈa_l]\

Definitions of HUNTER'S CANAL

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A triangular canal in the adductor magnus of the thigh, transmitting femoral artery and vein and long saphenous nerve.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A triangular c. running through the adductor magnus muscle of the thigh, giving passage to the femoral artery and vein and the internal saphenous nerve.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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